In the first week of 2023, slow-moving Tropical Cyclone Ellie dropped 800mm of rainfall, flooding the Fitzroy River in Australia's northwest. Local residents were cut off from food and other supplies, leading to their evacuation ...
Environment
May 26, 2023
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Strategic decisions and debates about Australian values are shaped in the Anglosphere, a new research paper reveals.
Social Sciences
May 26, 2023
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Researchers using a telescope owned and operated by CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, have detected a "fast radio burst" in a nearby galaxy that questions what we know about how the phenomena form.
Astronomy
May 25, 2023
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Dolphins and porpoises are welcome features of Australia's coastline however little is known about the predation risk they face from sharks in their habitat.
Plants & Animals
May 25, 2023
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Varroa mites—notorious honey bee parasites—have recently reached Australian shores, detected at the Port of Newcastle in New South Wales last year. If they establish here, there would be significant implications for agricultural ...
Ecology
May 24, 2023
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Weed killers of the future could soon be based on failed antibiotics.
Molecular & Computational biology
May 24, 2023
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The scrubby harbor-side hills of a South African city recently revealed details of an historical event that transformed Australian coastlines. That event led to the arrival in Australia of a native South African shrub, bitou ...
Plants & Animals
May 22, 2023
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How old are butterflies, and where did they evolve? And perhaps more importantly, how and when did they reach the isolated continent of Australia?
Plants & Animals
May 21, 2023
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Every winter we hear about soaring energy bills and people's inability to stay warm. But, until now, we haven't really known just how cold Australian homes are. Our newly published research suggests around four out of five ...
Social Sciences
May 17, 2023
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One of the world's first attempts to relocate an animal species threatened by climate change—Western Australia's critically endangered Western Swamp Turtle—has delivered early findings about the importance of replicating ...
Plants & Animals
May 17, 2023
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